March 2, 2004
Lawrence Welk Fashion Police
— from this oddball Welk fan page, with an 11 page scrapbook and fan fiction #
iPod Battery Pack hack
— two AA and two 9-volt batteries give about 10 hours of extra battery life #
Tufte's Sparklines, intense word-size graphics
— it took a second reading to understand the concept, but very practical and good #
When Journalists Blog, Editors Get Nervous
— the NYT doesn't allow employees to have personal blogs? #
Last Panel, animated short film about an animator and his creation
— an indirect tribute, only because Mickey's still in copyright prison #
Will Eisner's new comic on the "Elders of Zion" forgery
— not familiar with his work? you're missing out #
Smith & Wesson chairman quits over criminal past
— did time for armed robberies and a bank heist in the '50s and '60s #
Video: Insane Russian talk show fight
— the Russian equivalent of Jerry Springer, I guess (via b3ta) #
Video: Japanese commercial for PS2 game Katamari Damashii
— amazingly strange ball rolling video game #
History of the telephone greeting rivalry
— Bell wanted "Ahoy Ahoy," but Edison coined the word "Hello" #